Afghan bomb blast kills 11: Police

Kandahar, July 17: A roadside bomb planted by Taliban militants killed 11 civilians, including five children, travelling to a shrine in southern Afghanistan, police said.

The explosives ripped through a civilian pick-up vehicle, which was taking men, women and children to visit the shrine in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, just a few kilometres (miles) from the Pakistani border.

“Three women, three men and five children were killed,” General Saifullah Hakim, a senior border police official, said.

“All of them were civilians. They were going to a shrine when their vehicle was hit by a newly planted bomb,” he added.

Another police official in the area confirmed the toll.

–Agencies